The slip
PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 3115
19 Oct 2026, 12:39 UTCmicroglia, braak
predictionHSPA1A in microglia tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered2c7fb0c8d309709c
discovery+0.26 p=0.498 n=9
replication-0.58 p=0.102 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho +0.26, p 0.498)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 3115: HSPA1A in microglia, braak
- power
- full sample -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18), 95% CI -0.48 to +0.45. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.01 (p 0.962, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- microglia share of nuclei vs axis -0.11 (p 0.652); controlling for it: -0.07 (p 0.774, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.12 to +0.13, sign flips 5; without severely affected donors -0.02 (p 0.942, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for HSPA1A in microglia.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.